Memory Tides
Memory Tides is an adventure game set in a near-future metropolis. Haunted by false memories and buried trauma, you're trapped in an endless loop: sink into illusion or face reality? Step into the shoes of Lin Xiaoyu, use "slacking off" as your cover, and uncover the hidden truth.
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Story Background
In the near future, urban office worker Xiaoyu Lin lives a predictable nine-to-five routine.
By day, she is the ultimate office "people-pleaser" and a master at slacking off, using trivial disguises to maintain a facade of normalcy. By night, flashbacks of childhood trauma drag her into endless nightmares.
Driven to desperation, she resorts to an underground memory-wiping surgery to erase her painful past. The surgery works, and the nightmares vanish. However, they are replaced by a series of fragmented memories that don't belong to her—unfamiliar fears, inexplicable nostalgia, and lines of code typed subconsciously. These misplaced fragments constantly invade her life, seemingly whispering the past of another person.
As Xiaoyu begins to uncover the truth, she gradually realizes that this seemingly simple memory erasure is tied to a gray-market network built on the trade of memories. She must face not only her own lost past but also the ultimate choice between confronting trauma or running away.
About This Game
Memory Tides is an Adventure Game (AVG) told from the perspective of Xiaoyu Lin, an office intern. By choosing different dialogues and actions, players will trigger branching storylines and multiple endings.
Key Features
Collect, organize, and piece together memory fragments. Distinguish your own memories from those of others to uncover the truth.
Search, chat, and trade in an in-game web browser—just like surfing the real internet—to acquire crucial information.
Advance your investigation through the art of "slacking off." Accomplish great things right under your boss's nose!
Characters
Lin Xiaoyu (The Protagonist): An ordinary intern and a master at goofing off at work. She's always scrolling through social media, watching short videos, or shopping online. She has low efficiency but excels at buttering up her bosses and colleagues, maintaining a harmless, people-pleasing image. On the surface, she appears undisciplined, lazy, and content with just getting by. She is highly skilled at using "drawing flowcharts" as a cover for her doodles and "doing research" as an excuse to browse weird websites.
Qiao Shiqing: She is Xiaoyu's Colleague. A caring, older-sister figure who looks after others, but is always a bit scatterbrained when it comes to work.
Chen Mo: Hummingbird Games IT Engineer. A tech professional whose career is currently on the rise.
Zhou Le: Memory Seller. A vendor on the "Sea of Memories" forum who makes a living by selling memories.
Zhao Wenfu: Huafu Group CEO. A major buyer in the memory black market.
Content Advisory
1. This game is puzzle-centric and is not an Otome game. It currently does not contain any romantic storylines.
2. Contains depictions of school bullying and domestic violence that may trigger PTSD.
3. This game uses character sprite materials from "わたおきば" [Wataokiba], which can be used for commercial purposes under their terms of use.
4. This game does not feature voice acting.
5. No character in this game is purely good or perfect; everyone has their own personality flaws and moral gray areas.
